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This jacket is for my daughter jade, she wanted the sleeves to be like a kimono and not gathered. I have one more round of crocheted rib to do around the jacket and one more round each sleeve. But I couldn’t wait to show it to you. Here it is. The jacket is made from two granny hexagons and folde

Keeping myself busy to keep my self going until the funeral next week Another bag for storing craft stash Sorry ash likes to get in the frame when I take pics xx

Just another rice bag completed , I am going to get them all labelled over the weekend as I Have quite a few of them now . It’s a pest when you can’t remember what they all hold and pull the wrong one out

It’s a red panda found in china . I still have 4 cushion inserts so I think I will start a cushion and make it like a Llama . I am having trouble up loading photo I will try again

Due to my neck arthritis I can’t sew as I would like to so a simple little glue project Made cover for this basket to keep the cats out , I used wadding and vinyl and glue It’s handy for threads currently in use on a project

Front of my cushion panel., this is a manipulation of fabric like origami but in fabric it is a 3D textured fabric hand sewn from the back.

A old English sheep dog or Dulux dog. Crocheted and the fur is knotted in to the crochet like a wool rug.and brushed the left overs in the brush can be removed and used fo4 stuffung so I don’t waste anything.

Made another wheat bag to take to bed and ease aches and pains , So easy and inexpensive

This is the project pouch I made to go along with my medicine for hospital bag One side has 2x pockets and snap fastener On the other side isa vinyl pocket with zip Once again hand sewn

I have finally completed this bag. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The unfinished bag Sewed the knitted bag up. Then made two inner linings - one to be seen through the knitting (purple) and the other (flowers) to be in the inside of the bag, added a pocket to the inside flower lining. Sewed the t

Made from scraps and sewn by hand this press the ends to open snap pouch I used as a makeup Bag when going to funeral , I don’t usually use make up so it held all essentials, lipstick, small hair spray , concealer, perfume , painkillers and hand gel .

Using Fabric gifted from linda this time This side has a large snap fastener pocket and a slightly smaller zipped pocket , it also has 2x holders for fabric erasable pens and a large pin / stitch holder The reverse side has a snap fastener pocket and a snap removable needle book and on a ribbon

This is for the craft stall, I have quite a few tea cosies in mind to make.

Another one this time sewn on machine but, it’s not nearly so satisfying as sewing by hand I found I had back and neck ache after sitting at sewing machine .

Finished my rice bag and here is the pic as promised

This was a kit with threads all included , I enjoyed doing these As you can see no photo without cats they are so nosey Constant companion

For my grand daughter molly to take back to uni with her. F

This is just another Japanese rice bag which will store craft stash. , All sewn by hand

Made myself a heat pad last night , I use them in bed and for any aches and pains . This one has bulgur wheat in it

This is my completed Japanese rice bag it is fully reversable as shown , so hope you like it It’s roughly 10”x 8 “ or slightly bigger ,

Yes it’s another Japanese rice bag , I am hooked on them they hold craft stash so comfortably I must take a pic of my collection and post on here This is the recent one with embroidered nursery rhymes on two sides again it was all hand sewn Great storage bags

The bee tote bag is finished. It was from a cushion kit present from Linda. Instead of a cushion I thought it would look lovely as a bag and is something I would use a lot. I found a lovely yellow fabric for the lining. Instead of making fabric handles I used webbing. Thoroughly enjoyed it. 🐝

Latest rice bags using several different fabrics to use up stash and get useful storage The fabric size determines the size of bag I make lol

My crochet cushion of a highland cow, for my son and sally Ann as in the field at the bottom of the garden they had a small herd of highland cows.

Four panels for my Japanese rice bag , hand sewn and reversible

I made this simple chair cushion for my son's computer chair. the padding in the seat of the chair had moved around to the edges making the main seat quite uncomfortable. My son took me to get the foam and he chose some 5" foam so plenty of cushiness this time. I covered it with black Duck Canvas a

Made a zipper pouch for holding my medicines as I had some medical themed fabric left Again all hand sewn , although I have 2x perfectly good sewing machines

Lost my internet fora bit as Sky revamped everything (at last!) after The Big Storm. SO - Late posting - but here it is!! There were 24 granny squares in the stack I found. I used up my end balls and odd balls, and so added 6 more, then crocheted up the 30 bases, sewed them together and finished wi

I found this new gadget to make I cord quickly. It’s three rag rug hooks in a tool handle once you get used to holding the tool you get into a rythum and go very fast like crocheting.

Finished turning up five pairs of my husband’s trousers and posted them on the Challenge thread. Now turning my attention to this pack of granny squares squirrelled away since the year dot, and two matching cardis I started for the twins for Sarah’s Christmas challenge!!! Don’t know if they’ll even